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Definition of pacificatory - 2 dictionary results

pa⋅cif⋅i⋅cate

  [puh-sif-i-keyt]
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–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
to pacify.
Origin:
1640–50; < L pācificātus (ptp. of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate 1

Related forms:
pac⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
pa⋅cif⋅i⋅ca⋅tor, noun
pa⋅cif⋅i⋅ca⋅to⋅ry  [puh-sif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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pac·i·fi·ca·tion   (pās'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement.

    1. Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to peaceful submission: "Real pacification is hard to get in the Vietnamese countryside" (McGeorge Bundy).

    2. Practical measures or policy aiming to effect this type of submission.

  3. often Pacification A peace treaty: the Pacification of Ghent.

pa·cif'i·ca'tor (pə-sĭf'ĭ-kā'tər) n., pa·cif'i·ca·to'ry (-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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